Mausoleum.



W. S. HALLADAY 62; J. SGHAEFER.

MAUSOLEUM.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.21, 1913.

1,1 32,088. Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

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WILLIAM S. HALLADAY AND JACOB SGHAEFER, 0F IVHLVTAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

MAUSOLEUM.

Application filed March 21, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, \FVILLIAM S. HALLA- DAYand JACOB SCHAEFER, citizens of the United States, and residents ofMilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Mausoleums, of which thefollowing is a description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which are a part of this specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a system for conductingaway the gases and slushes from the crypts of a mausoleum anddecomposing the slushes and discharging the gases therefrom and thegases direct from the crypts into a purifier to be freed from allcontamination and then liberating them into the atmosphere.

It has become a more or less general practice, instead of burying deadbodies underground, to provide a mausoleum in which any number ofseparate crypts are formed for containing dead bodies, these cryptsbeing adapted to be hermetically sealed. Crypts thus sealed must beconstructed in a manner to permit the gases and slushes to be cared forwithout allowing their escape from one crypt to another or to otherparts of the building and the present invention has the object in viewof accomplishing this purpose by a system which will be largelyautomatic in its operation.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in themausoleum as herein claimed and all equivalents.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which like characters ofreference indicate the same parts in difierent views Figure 1 is anelevation of a piping system for mausoleums in accordance with thisinvention; Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the crypt drain outlet;Fig. 3 is a similar View showing a crypt vent outlet; and Fig. 4 is asectional view of the slush decomposer and its pit.

in these drawings 10 indicates a series of crypts, preferably built withwalls of cement and these crypts are arranged in series of adjoiningtiers along corridors, there being narrow aisles back of the crypts inwhich is contained the piping system of this invention. At the upperwall of each crypt there is a vent pipe 11 leading out Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

Serial No. 755,936.

through the wall into the aisle, as shown in Fig. 3, where it isconnected to a vertical pipe 12 by means of suitable pipe connectionsincluding a ball check valve 13 and a union 1%. All of the vent pipes ofthe crypts in each tier are connected to the same vertical pipe 12 inthis manner and the several vertical pipes 12 for the different tiers ofcrypts connect with a common main gas pipe 15 Wl'llOl'l leads to a gaspurifier of any desirable construction, not shown, and is provided witha gate valve 16 and a pressure gage 17.

At the bottom wall of each crypt there is a drain pipe 18 leading outtherethrough to the aisle, as shown in Fig. 2, and the drain pipes 18for all of the crypts of each tier have suitable pipe connections with avertical pipe 19 including a reducing T 20, a gate valve 21 and a union22. All of the drain pipes of the crypts of each tier are connected tothe same vertical pipe 19 in this manner and these vertical pipes 19connect with an inclined main slush pipe 23 discharging through a pipeconnection 2 1 into a slush decomposer 25 contained in a sealed pit 26,preferably beneath the foundation of the building. The pipe connection24 from the main slush pipe 23 to the slush decomposer 25 contains ahand valve 27 and the slush decomposer may be of any desirableconstruction for treating the slush with acids to decompose it. Thegases resulting from this decomposition return through the pipeconnection 24 through the main slush pipe 23 to a vertical pipe 28 whichconnects the main slush pipe 23 with the main gas pipe 15 and contains aball check valve 29 to prevent a return flow of gas in the event of aback pressure. The reduced ends of the reducing Ts 20 in the pipeconnections for the drain pipes are provided with removable plugs 30 forcleaning such pipe connections and the vertical pipes 19 at the Tconnections at their upper ends have similar screw plugs 31 to permit oftheir being cleaned if necessary.

In operation the vent connection with each crypt is always available foruse upon the creation of a slight pressure within the crypt, the ballcheck valves 13 responding to a very slight pressure and the valve 16being normally open and only closed at times when it is necessary todisconnect the gas purifier. Thus the usual increase in gas pressurewithin a crypt after it has been sealed permits the gas from the cryptto dis charge through the gas purifier without creating a pressurewithin the crypt liable to force a way through the sealed closurethereof into the building. The gate valves 21 of the unoccupied cryptsare kept closed, but after a body has been placed within the crypt thisvalve is opened and slushes from the crypt are then free to drain outthrough the pipe connections into the slush decomposer where it is actedupon by the acids and converted into gas which returns through thepiping system and by way of the pipe 28 through the check valve 29 tothe main gas pipe 15 where it is carried along with the gases directfrom the crypts to the gas purifier.

Inasmuch as the piping system is entirely exposed within the aisle allparts thereof are readily accessible for cleaning and repairs whennecessary.

lVhat we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A mausoleum, comprising a tier of crypts with an aisle in the rearthereof, vent pipes and drain pipes passing through the walls of thecrypts into the aisle, an exposed gas pipe within the aisle with whichthe vent pipes connect, check valves in the exposed connections betweenthe vent pipes and the gas pipe, an exposed slush pipe within the aisleconnected with the drain pipes, hand valves in the exposed connectionsbetween the drain pipes and the slush pipe, a slush decomposer intowhich the slush pipe discharges, and an exposed valved pipe connectingthe slush pipe with the gas pipe.

In testimony whereof, we aiiix our signatures, in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM S. HALLADAY. JACOB SCHAEFER.

Witnesses:

R. S. C. CALDWELL, KATHERINE HOLT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

